Past events

2017

In January we're hosting a night of talks on coding resolutions for the new year. We've got a couple of talks lined up so far, but if you're interested in giving a talk (any length), please let us know....

2016

We're finishing off 2016 as we have done for the last couple of years and that's with a social. The evening will be taking place in a pub - we're just waiting for final confirmation and then we'll announce...

In August we're hosting a night of DevOps related talks. If you've got a lightning talk you're interested in giving - let us know! Thanks to our sponsors for their continued support of PHPSW. Brightpearl have...

In February we're hosting a night about Testing! We're at BaseKit's new office this month. If you have a talk you'd like to give (lightning or full length), we've got room for a third, so get in touch....

2015

For the end of 2015 it's a welcome return to our now annual tech-themed Pub Quiz. The questions will be techy, but not too serious, geeky, or necessarily, even PHP-orientated. There'll be a bar tab along...

In October we're hosting an evening of 5-10 minute lightning talks! We're still looking for submissions, and by speaking you earn yourself a chance to win 1 of 3 tickets to this year's fantastic All Your...

In July we're hosting a night of talks about eCommerce! Brightpearl have kindly offered to host the evening at their office, and provide drinks and pizza. Don't forget to check them out- and if you're...

We're trying something a little different this month – a joint night with the new and upcoming WordPress usergroup, Bristol WordPress People. Do check them out and join their group if you're interested...

This month is all about monitoring, analysing and optimising the performance of your PHP apps! We'll talk about finding bottlenecks in your stack, tuning your Nginx and general performance hotspots in...

A light topic to ease us into the new year ;) in January we're hosting a night of talks on simplifying server orchestration and containerisation! BaseKit have kindly offered to host the evening at their...

2014

We're trying something different to round off 2014, in December, we'll be hosting a tech-themed pub quiz to celebrate how we've redefined PHPSW this year! The questions will be techy, but not too serious,...

A little early this month (first Wednesday), before he heads back across the pond, Phil Sturgeon will be giving us a run through of the API talk he's been touring recently, as seen at PHP South Africa!...

Talks on databases! BaseKit have kindly sponsored the event again, providing their office as the venue, as well as beer and pizza! Don't forget to check them out- and if you're looking, they are hiring....

Join us for an evening of talks at BaseKit. Doors will be open from 6:45, talks will start around 7. BaseKit have kindly sponsored the event again, providing their office as the venue, as well as beer...

Talks on scaling! BaseKit have kindly offered to sponsor the event again, and have offered their office as the venue, as well as beer and pizza! Don't forget to check them out- and if you're looking,...

2013

Last meetup of the year, okay, so we only had 1 other, but it's going to be a good one! BaseKit have kindly offered to sponsor the event and provide their office as the venue, as well as beer and pizza!...

There will be a talk on software design, OO stuff, unit testing with PHP examples. If anyone else would like to talk about something similar to the above or anything PHP, please contact me. Room is booked...

Sorry for the late notice on this one - due to various excuses it's now next week (3rd Wednesday) instead of tomorrow. These talks will be lightning-quick/pithy and open to feedback/excoriation: Instant...

Javascript Testing (Andrew Martin) JS Unit Testing: The State of the Art Backbone Model/View Testing Symfony2 (Dom Udall) Symfony2: An Overview To be preceded, followed and interrupted by beer, Mexico's...